‘Resident Evil’ Star’s New Survival Thriller Officially Removed From 1,000 Theaters
Austin Abrams’s survival thriller has lost 1,000 cinemas in its third week, a steep reduction that points to weak demand despite pre-release interest in its unusual premise. The film’s performance matters as it struggles to recoup a reported $60 million production budget and trails Abrams’s recent Resident Evil reboot by a wide margin.
Co-written and directed by Brian Duffield, the film opened in more than 3,000 theatres and has made just over $30 million worldwide so far. It stars Abrams and Josh Brolin, and centres on a young diver swallowed by a sperm whale; despite mostly positive reviews, its box office remains modest.
In short
- The thriller has lost 1,000 cinemas in its third week.
- It has earned just over $30 million worldwide.
- Its reported production budget was $60 million.
Explained simply
Austin Abrams is an American actor whose recent work includes a Resident Evil reboot. In this film, he stars alongside Josh Brolin in a survival story co-written and directed by Brian Duffield.
The story centres on a young diver swallowed by a sperm whale. It combines a large-scale survival premise with a reported production budget of $60 million, so its box-office earnings matter to the people who financed and released it.
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